St Julian's, quietly.

Malta's pulse — coast, restaurants, the lot.

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St Julian's runs along the eastern coast — Spinola Bay at its centre, Balluta to the south, Paceville to the north. It's the most lived-in stretch of Malta: cafés, restaurants, the seafront promenade, and a steady current of locals and visitors moving between them.

Most of our apartments here sit two minutes from the seafront and seven from Valletta by car. You walk to dinner, you walk back, and the bus to anywhere on the island leaves from a stop you can see from the balcony.

What to do

Spinola Bay walk
Start at the Love Monument, end at Balluta. Twenty minutes, all coast.
Sliema ferry
Cross to Valletta in six minutes, every half hour. Better than the bus.
Balluta Buildings
A row of late-1920s townhouses worth the slow look from the bay.
Sunday at Independence Garden
Quiet park above the bay. Bring a coffee.
Manoel Island walk
Twenty-minute walk south to Sliema's hidden island, then around it.

Where to eat